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Conservative Party conference put on temporary lockdown due to ‘potential security alert’

Delegates not allowed to enter or leave International Convention Centre in Birmingham

The Independent UK

Conservative Party conference locked down by police due to potential security incident

The Conservative Party conference went into lockdown due to an unknown potential security incident, it was reported on Monday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Conservative Party Conference in lockdown due to 'security incident'

Delegates being kept inside "for their own safety"

Liverpool Echo

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Tory conference locked down by police amid 'potential security alert'

POLICE have locked down the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham because of a “potential security alert”.

The National (Scotland)

US pollster urges Tories to ditch culture wars

Frank Luntz tells Tory conference meeting weaponising such issues is likely to ‘win an election but lose the country’

The Guardian - UK

Truss drops tax cut for top UK earners to fend off rebellion

Prime Minister Liz Truss dropped a plan to cut taxes for the U.K.’s highest earners just 10 days after announcing it, a humiliating reversal designed to fend off a mounting rebellion within her own Conservative Party.

Tribune News Service

Truss ‘should call election if she wants to break away from Johnson policies’

Nadine Dorries, who backed Liz Truss for the Conservative Party leadership, said there was ‘widespread dismay’ about the Prime Minister’s approach.

The Independent UK

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Home Secretary claims Britain has ‘too many’ low-skilled migrants

The Home Secretary hinted at reforming the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in an attempt to reduce immigration to Britain

The Independent UK

This endless Tory chaos is now starting to wear very thin for the country

One of the axioms of communication is that nobody ever had a communication problem who didn’t have a real problem. Liz Truss and her diminishing band of supporters have been trying to argue that her political problems are really just flaws in presentation but they are kidding themselves. The mood…

Evening Standard

The UK scraps a proposed tax cut for the wealthy that sparked market turmoil

The tax cut was part of a package of unfunded cuts unveiled only days ago that sent the pound to record lows and was widely seen as politically toxic.

WEKU

Kwasi Kwarteng says he 'had to' go to Budget day champagne bash for 15 minutes

The embattled Chancellor insisted he only attended the boozy do for 15 minutes and added: 'I totally get how it looks.'

Daily Mirror

Pro-Tory blog founder says Liz Truss's leadership could be 'doomed'

THE founder of a pro-Tory blog has said Liz Truss’s leadership is “doomed” if she does not “correct course” as he tore into the UK…

The National (Scotland)

Government drops plans for 45p rate tax cut after mounting opposition

Opposition to the plan included several former Ministers and speculation was growing that the Government could be defeated

Chronicle Live

UK's Truss forced into tax U-turn after market turmoil, party rebellion

British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced on Monday into a humiliating U-turn after less than a month in power, reversing a cut to the highest rate of income tax that helped spark turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party.

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UK to reverse cut to higher rate income tax - BBC

The British government is expected to reverse the proposed scrapping of the highest rate of income tax that has sparked a backlash in the governing Conservative Party, the BBC reported on Monday.

Daily Mirror

Tory MP 'submits letter' calling for Liz Truss confidence vote amid backbench rebellion

The unnamed member of the parliamentary Conservative party reportedly handed in their letter to the 1922 committee on Sunday night as the Tories' public approval rating plummets

The Independent UK

Kwarteng to make crunch conference speech as revolt grows over tax cuts for rich

The Chancellor will insist that his plan to boost growth is right despite mounting opposition from senior Tories.

The Independent UK

Scottish Conservatives offer ‘real alternative’ to SNP, Douglas Ross to say

Mr Ross will address the Conservative Party conference on Monday.

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Wales Online

Tory chairman tells hard-up Brits to 'get new job or cut consumption'

Jake Berry's comments were reminiscent of Norman Tebbit's 'get on your bike' speech from decades ago

Evening Standard

Conservative Party Conference: MPs approached by not assaulted by protesters, police say

No arrests and no reports of crimes have been made on first day of conference, police say

Nottingham Post

Woman recalls pain of losing brother in M1 smart motorway crash as protestors call for their end

Campaigners are calling on Liz Truss to stick to her word and scrap smart motorways

Daily Mirror

UK to build a second ship to stop Russian saboteurs damaging undersea cables

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace made the announcement at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham

Reuters

Britain to acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure

Britain will acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure such as cables and pipelines, defence minister Ben Wallace said on Sunday, following leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe.

The Independent UK

Conservative Party conference opens with tributes to late Queen

Members remained standing to sing the national anthem in praise of King Charles III.

Evening Standard

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed by protesters in Birmingham as Tory conference kicks off

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been chased and heckled by protesters in Birmingham where the Conservative Party conference is getting under way. The Business Secretary faced a hostile reception as he crossed Victoria Square in the city centre, where hundreds of demonstrators had gathered to vent their anger at the Government. Escorted…

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